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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI got a new name for the Washington football team ....The Groundhogs
"Hogs" for short

empedocles
(15,751 posts)sop
(9,050 posts)After the famous Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American military aviators in the United States Armed Forces, who flew P-51 Mustangs with the tails painted red. The highly decorated "Red Tails" lost the fewest number of bombers during bombing runs they escorted over Germany.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)Feel the power! (Slogan).
The truth is that Washington DC is the most powerful city on the planet, and everyone knows it. Why not celebrate it?
-Laelth
Phentex
(16,312 posts)or the Dee Cees
quickesst
(6,276 posts)In 1909, the term Razorback was first uttered when coach Hugo Bezdek, proclaimed that the team played like a wild band of razorback hogs. The team went undefeated that year and the Razorback name stuck. In 1910 students voted to officially change the name to the Razorbacks and would shout here come the hogs as the team took the field.
https://onlyinark.com/sports/the-history-of-arkansas-mascots/
Through the ups and downs, the good and the bad, I will always root for my Hogs.🐽👍
lark
(22,748 posts)The Washington Hogs has a definite correspondence with facts while repugs are in charge.
sop
(9,050 posts)that comes to mind when one thinks of the District of Columbia: The Washington Corruption.
lark
(22,748 posts)I was going for the image, where you supplied the actual accusation.
sop
(9,050 posts)head coach and they won three super bowls. The "hogs" thing came from the huge offensive line players they had, credited for their dominant play and running game. The feeding at the trough imagery would also fit.

scarytomcat
(1,706 posts)isn't that what football is...big lines pushing each other in the mud
but a groundhog is a special mudder
3catwoman3
(23,295 posts)Or maybe The Washington Gridlocks - Gridlocks on the Gridiron.
csziggy
(34,070 posts)They could cross license with DC and make a fortune. Plus, they would save a bunch on washing their uniforms - who could tell if they were dirty?